So Jake Xerxes Fussell is more definitive of Southern American folk music than Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bessie Smith, the Carter Family, Robert Johnson, etc.? Not only is it hard to believe, it's laughable. And I don't need to be from the South to see that.
All I said is that it may be the definitive album in its genre. Also, I wouldn't put any of those artists in the same genre as Fussell...unless you're one of those people who just consider all southern music "country."
Quite frankly, even if I lumped all of these very different artists into one group, I would consider the Fussell album to be far superior to anything released by those listed. Ultimately, this is just my opinion, no need to write off the record's achievements just because one guy "overrates it" or whatever you're attempting to accuse me of.
All I said is that it may be the definitive album in its genre. Also, I wouldn't put any of those artists in the same genre as Fussell...unless you're one of those people who just consider all southern music "country."
Quite frankly, even if I lumped all of these very different artists into one group, I would consider the Fussell album to be far superior to anything released by those listed. Ultimately, this is just my opinion, no need to write off the record's achievements just because one guy "overrates it" or whatever you're attempting to accuse me of.
Well, they're all folk musicians from the South of America, whose work actually goes some way to defining "Southern American folk music". Now, you're more than entitled to prefer a 2015 album to any of the artists I listed, but to argue that it is possibly more "definitive" of Southern American folk music than the work of those artists is plainly ridiculous. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
Well, they're all folk musicians from the South of America, whose work actually goes some way to defining "Southern American folk music". Now, you're more than entitled to prefer a 2015 album to any of the artists I listed, but to argue that it is possibly more "definitive" of Southern American folk music than the work of those artists is plainly ridiculous.
How is a work made up largely of pre-depression era songs, songs that created the genre, less definitive of that genre than Hank Williams? (who I do enjoy quite a bit, actually. I'm also aware that Williams' catalogue is made up of music literally built on the foundation the songs on the Fussell album make up)
How is a work made up largely of pre-depression era songs, songs that created the genre, less definitive of that genre than Hank Williams? (who I do enjoy quite a bit, actually. I'm also aware that Williams' catalogue is made up of music literally built on the foundation the songs on the Fussell album make up)
The point I'm trying to make is that an album recorded in this day and age cannot possibly define a genre whose defining feature is the fact that it offers a snapshot into a specific time and place. The earliest and most prominent recorded works define a genre; later artists can offer their take or possibly even remould, but they cannot define. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
The point I'm trying to make is that an album recorded in this day and age cannot possibly define a genre whose defining feature is the fact that it offers a snapshot into a specific time and place. The earliest and most prominent recorded works define a genre; later artists can offer their take or possibly even remould, but they cannot define.
It seems this is where we fundamentally disagree. Ultimately, though, it's a pretty trivial distinction when the real focus ought to be the quality of the Fussell album. Which, if you haven't heard, you should. 😄
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